The Styx

The Styx is a darkly funny contemporary fantasy and mythological family saga that reimagines Greek mythology in the modern Florida Everglades.

By day, the Pompadakis family appears almost ordinary: a recovering addict, a struggling gambler, a burned-out caretaker, a woman desperate to be loved. But beneath the surface, they are descendants of Charon-the ferryman of the dead from Greek mythology-condemned for generations to guide souls across the waters between life and death.

Every crossing s...